How to delete virtual drive

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On my WinXP PC for some reason I have a drive in Explorer called F:,
but I only have one hard drive. The F drive is empty, so I think
someone somehow got a virtual drive name or something but it's really
just nothing. How do I delete this so it does not show up in File
Explorer, or to keep Norton Disk or Defrag from asking how to deal
with this drive? I just want it to go away.
 
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Try:
Start | Run | Subst F: /d



"fear" wrote:

> On my WinXP PC for some reason I have a drive in Explorer called F:,
> but I only have one hard drive. The F drive is empty, so I think
> someone somehow got a virtual drive name or something but it's really
> just nothing. How do I delete this so it does not show up in File
> Explorer, or to keep Norton Disk or Defrag from asking how to deal
> with this drive? I just want it to go away.
>
 
i just uninstalled virtual drive pro v11.6 (xp x64)
same thing - left virtual drives w no way to remove

but......tada!!

start computer management then disk management
right click on offending virtual drive
select properties
under driver tab select uninstall the driver
confirm uninstall
all gone yippee


 
WOW god DAMN that was a simple fix compared to what i thought i'd have to go through, i had the same problem with demon tools, well thanks very much :) very much appreciated :bounce: :)
 


This is a great solution except .. when I close and reopen explorer, the virtual drive comes back. Also, I have now rebooted and it appears then goes away, appears then goes away, appears then goes away. Guess I will do a system restore.
 
I have the same problem HOWEVER. The virtual drive appears under my computer as a CD Drive (G) BUT it does not appear in teh Computer management section under disk management. :-( How do I get rid of this one?
 
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